Atlanta Braves vs San Diego Padres Prediction, 7/14/2024 MLB Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Atlanta Braves vs San Diego Padres

Date: Sunday, July 14, 2024

Location: Petco Park in San Diego, CA

TV: Padres.TV

Petco Park is the location where the San Diego Padres (49-47) will play the Atlanta Braves (51-41) on Sunday. The expected starting pitchers are Chris Sale and Dylan Cease.

Atlanta is slugging .404 and have struck out 817 times, while drawing a walk on 260 occasions. They have tallied 374 runs batted in in addition to 751 base knocks so far this season, and their average at the plate comes in at .242. The Braves have compiled 174 doubles as a team and have hit 104 balls out of the park. They have tallied 395 runs while holding a team OBP of .305. As a team, the Atlanta Braves are notching 4.3 runs per contest, which has them at 17th in the league.

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The Braves hold a team ERA of 3.42 for the year (2nd in the league), and the staff has rung up 823 batters. Braves pitchers have relinquished 79 home runs and 334 runs (1st in baseball). They have walked 265 opposing hitters and their FIP sits at 3.54 as a squad on the campaign. Atlanta has given up 705 base hits (7.8 per 9 innings) as well as 310 earned runs. They have accumulated a K/BB ratio of 3.11 and their pitching staff has a team WHIP of 1.19.

Braves pitchers have stepped onto the hill with runners on base 60 times and also have had 83 appearances in high leverage situations. The relief pitchers have tallied 38 holds so far this season (26th in baseball). The Braves relief pitchers have compiled a save rate of 69.4% and has come into the game in 74 save situations. They have compiled 25 saves for the season and have blown 11 of their 36 save chances. The relievers have inherited 80 base runners on the campaign and 32.5% of those players ended up crossing the plate. The Braves have dispatched 267 relief pitchers to the mound this year.

The Braves have turned 70.0% of baseballs in play into outs in their 7,344 innings, which has them sitting at 14th in pro baseball. The Atlanta Braves have 2,448 putouts so far this season, in addition to 851 assists and 38 errors. Their fielding rate is holding at .989 which puts them in 1st in MLB, and they have turned 76 double plays.

Sale has taken the mound for 1,885 frames and has tallied 2,325 K's in his pro baseball career. Sale (132-83 career record) sits with a FIP of 3.04 while he has gone up against 7,589 hitters during his time in the major leagues. His earned run average is 3.09 (646 earned runs allowed) and he has a WHIP of 1.042. He has conceded 1,526 hits (7.3 hits per 9 innings) and has 438 free passes.

The Padres have a team slugging percentage of .409 and they are scoring 4.58 runs per game (13th in baseball). They have 138 doubles, while walking 272 times and recording 440 runs. San Diego is sitting with 107 HRs this season as well as 424 RBIs. They have struck out on 645 occasions (29th in the league) and have earned 850 hits. The San Diego Padres are sitting with an on-base percentage of .323 as well as a batting average of .261 so far this season.

The Padres have a team WHIP of 1.276 with a FIP of 3.95 as a pitching staff so far this year. They rank 24th in baseball as a pitching staff in total hits relinquished with 803. The San Diego pitching staff have allowed 424 runs on the year while holding a team ERA of 4.17 (393 earned runs conceded). They have earned a strikeout to walk ratio of 8.90 (843 strikeouts against 279 free passes). They have allowed 108 homers and they allow 4.50 runs per 9 innings (18th in the league).

San Diego relievers hold an inherited score percentage of 38.3% out of 149 inherited base runners. Their relievers have come in 78 times in high leverage situations and on 99 occasions with runners on base. Sitting with 84 save situations, the Padres have earned 45 holds in addition to 14 blown saves. They sit at 16th in baseball with a save percentage of 63.2%, and they have sent 315 relief pitchers to the hill on the campaign. San Diego has called on relievers to enter the game in 38 save opportunities and they have earned 24 saves.

In 7,638 innings played, the Padres have accumulated a defensive efficiency of 68.8% (24th in pro baseball). The San Diego Padres have turned 71 double plays and have a fielding percentage of .986 (15th in pro baseball). The Padres have recorded 751 assists, 48 errors and have accounted for 2,546 putouts this year.

So far in his MLB career, Cease has allowed 652 base knocks while tallying 930 strikeouts in 767 innings pitched. He has conceded 331 ER's while holding a WHIP of 1.276 and having a FIP of 3.8. He has a K/BB ratio of 2.84 and he has gone up against 3,265 opposing hitters so far in his MLB career. Cease (50-43 win-loss mark in his career) has earned a 3.88 ERA and has given up 7.7 hits per 9 innings.

Who will win tonight's MLB game against the spread or moneyline?

Guy Bruhn's Pick: Take San Diego

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